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First 5 LA’s Fiscal Year 16-17 Budget Aims to Make a Broader Impact for Children and Families Across L.A. County
Budget Advances Emphasis on Sustainable Public Financing, Public Policy and Systems-level Change LOS ANGELES – First 5 LA’s Board of Commissioners today approved a fiscal year 2016-2017 budget that advances the organization’s emphasis on sustainable public financing,...
First 5 LA Names Daniela Pineda, Ph.D. as Vice President of Integration & Learning
LOS ANGELES– First 5 LA, a leading public grantmaking and child advocacy organization, today named Daniela Pineda, Ph.D. as Vice President of Integration & Learning. This position is part of a five-member Executive Team of organization-wide leaders tasked with...
First 5 LA Names Kim Pattillo Brownson as Vice President of Policy & Strategy
LOS ANGELES– First 5 LA, a leading public grantmaking and child advocacy organization, today named Kim Pattillo Brownson as Vice President of Policy and Strategy. The position is one of five executive team members tasked with the oversight, development and execution...
Early Childhood Matters – Issue 4
First 5 LA Raises its Voice for Young Children on Capitol Hill and other stories
Capitol Gains: First 5 LA Advocates for Kids
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States Delivering a message on behalf of Los Angeles County’s youngest constituents – some who have yet to develop words of their own – First 5 LA...
Commission Summary for April 14, 2016
These Commission Summaries are intended to provide highlights of the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners’ actions to advance the outcome areas of First 5 LA’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan. At the April 14 Commission meeting, highlights include approval of First 5 LA’s State...
First 5 LA Saves the (Rainy) Day at Book Fair
“Awesome.” “Thoughtful.” “Smart.” Those were just a few of the words used to describe the breastfeeding and diaper changing booths provided by First 5 LA at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California on a recent rainy April...
State of the Art Dental Clinic is Smiles Ahead
It’s all turning up smiles on Zonal Avenue in Los Angeles. The community recently gathered at the Children’s Medical Village at the LAC+USC Medical Center to celebrate the grand opening of their new Pediatric Dental Clinic. Thanks to a public-private partnership...
Governor Brown Proposes No Funding Increases for Quality Early Childhood Education Programs and Services
First 5 LA, a Leading Early Childhood Education Advocate, Calls on the California State Assembly and Senate to Ensure Quality Early Childhood Education Is Made a Top Funding PriorityLOS ANGELES – Despite strong public support for increased investments in early...
